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 Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Wikipedia: Canberra · Australian Capital Territory Change image |
English : Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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 Nilgai, or blue bull, (Boselaphus tragocamelus) male, in a potato field, Jamtra, Madhya Pradesh India Change image |
English : Nilgai, or blue bull, (Boselaphus tragocamelus) male, in a potato field, Jamtra, Madhya Pradesh India
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English : New data visualizations from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation and NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio show how climate models - those used in the new report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - estimate how temperature and precipitation patterns could change throughout the 21st century.
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 "Notgeld" banknote of Bonn, 1923: 1 million Mark, RV: Town seal of Bonn. Change image |
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English : Endless loop GIF of a waterfall in Alto Minho, Portugal.
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 Palace of Darius the Great in Persepolis ("The Persian City"), situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 dates back to 515 BC and it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Change image |
English : Palace of Darius the Great in Persepolis ("The Persian City"), situated 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 dates back to 515 BC and it was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
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 Frozen Lake Baikal near Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Change image |
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 Headshot of a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, Japan. Change image |
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 Deloitte Building during the blue hour, Christchurch, New Zealand Change image |
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English : Creating an 8th of March postcard by hand.
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 Flower of Hieracium maculatum. A rare species in the Netherlands. Change image |
English : Flower of Hieracium maculatum. A rare species in the Netherlands.
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 Yasaka-dori, early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), 388 Yasaka Kamimachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Important cultural heritage of Kyoto, Hokan-ji is a 46 m (151 ft) high, 5 storey pagoda with a tiled roof that was founded in the 6th century. Change image |
English : Yasaka-dori, early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), 388 Yasaka Kamimachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Important cultural heritage of Kyoto, Hokan-ji is a 46 m (151 ft) high, 5 storey pagoda with a tiled roof that was founded in the 6th century.
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English : St Andrew's Church, Kyiv, Ukraine
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 Blossom of a Pulsatilla vulgaris with drops of water. Change image |
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English : Phenakistiscope designed by Josef Bermann, ca. 1840
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 Serbian kifli made with spelt flour, filled with sheep's cheese, topped with sesame seeds. Change image |
English : Serbian kifli made with spelt flour, filled with sheep's cheese, topped with sesame seeds.
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English : Today (March 11) marks the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima-1 accident. Japan. Dispersion of radionuclides after the Fukushima accident.
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 Winged altar at the parish church Gampern, Upper Austria. View for weekdays with closed wings. Lienhart Astl, around 1490–1500. Change image |
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 Baby Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum which was found inside an adult pepper. Change image |
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English : Takaosan Yakuoin Temple firewalking festival in Japan.
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 Ceiling of the Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and the new church was consecrated in 1894. In 2000 the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Change image |
English : Ceiling of the Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal, Canada. The construction of the cathedral, ordered by Ignace Bourget, began in 1875 in order to replace the former Saint-Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. The building is a scale model of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome and the new church was consecrated in 1894. In 2000 the cathedral was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
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English : Modlitwa uwolnienia (“Prayer of Deliverance”) performed by Polish Christian music group Mocni w Duchu.
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 The Johan van Hulst Bridge (bridge 233) spans the connection between the Nieuwe Herengracht and the pond of the Hortus Botanicus in the Dutch capital Amsterdam Change image |
English : The Johan van Hulst Bridge (bridge 233) spans the connection between the Nieuwe Herengracht and the pond of the Hortus Botanicus in the Dutch capital Amsterdam
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English : Another day of chaos ensues at the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Sunday, November 17, 2019, as police use water cannons and protesters throw Molotov cocktails and bricks, in Hung Hom district, Hong Kong.
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 Sunrise over Studenycia river, Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Change image |
English : Sunrise over Studenycia river, Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.
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English : Seated domestic cat playing with a passive Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) in Laos.
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 Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) by the fishing ponds in Rimbach, Hesse, Germany. Change image |
English : Marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) by the fishing ponds in Rimbach, Hesse, Germany.
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English : His Marriage Wow is a 1925 American comedy short by Harry Edwards starring Harry Langdon
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 Yinshan Temple, New Taipei, Taiwan. Change image |
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 Kurdish family watching Nowruz celebration, Besaran village, Eastern Kurdistan. Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Change image |
English : Kurdish family watching Nowruz celebration, Besaran village, Eastern Kurdistan. Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
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 Darwin Waterfront and Convention centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Wikipedia: Darwin Waterfront · Darwin · Northern Territory Change image |
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English : La casa de la Troya is a 1924 Spanish silent film directed by Alejandro Pérez Lugín and based on his eponymous novel.
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 The top of a weathered birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) on a broken dead birch branch between fallen leaves. Change image |
English : The top of a weathered birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) on a broken dead birch branch between fallen leaves.
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 The Annunciation at the winged altar of the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (called Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497. Change image |
English : The Annunciation at the winged altar of the parish- and pilgrimage church Kefermarkt, Upper Austria. Anonymous master (called Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece), around 1497.
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English : An outburst event on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took place on 12 September 2015 and was recorded by Rosetta.
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English : Animation based on Les Poires, Daumier's 1834 caricature of king Louis Philippe as a pear.
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 A steam condenser at the Waterworks Museum, a defunct pumping station in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Change image |
English : A steam condenser at the Waterworks Museum, a defunct pumping station in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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English : The Red Lantern is a 1919 American silent film by Albert Capellani starring Alla Nazimova in a dual role.
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 Total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, seen outside Crowheart, Wyoming. The photograph uses exposure bracketing to show both the Sun's corona and the surface features of the new moon, illuminated by earthshine. A few solar prominences are visible around the lunar limb. Change image |
English : Total solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, seen outside Crowheart, Wyoming. The photograph uses exposure bracketing to show both the Sun's corona and the surface features of the new moon, illuminated by earthshine. A few solar prominences are visible around the lunar limb.
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English : “Don’t Mess with Mercury” was created for middle school students to teach about the dangers of exposure to elemental or metallic mercury. This short video explains what mercury is, where you might find it, how it affects the body and what to do if you come across it.
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English : Swallowtail Jig - Irish Fiddle Tune.
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